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    Officials to Ukraine Peace Deal to Discuss Next Steps
    Mar05

    Officials to Ukraine Peace Deal to Discuss Next Steps

    Senior Russian, Ukrainian, German and French officials will meet in Berlin on Friday to discuss eastern Ukraine and the next steps needed toward implementing a peace accord struck three weeks ago in Minsk, Germany’s foreign minister said. “Of course we cannot be satisfied with the speed of the implementation of the Minsk accord, but we have...

    EU Extends Asset Freeze on Ex-Ukraine Leader for a Year
    Mar05

    EU Extends Asset Freeze on Ex-Ukraine Leader for a Year

    EU extends asset freeze on ex-Ukraine leader and other former top officials for a year …read more Source: ABC...

    EU extends asset freeze on ex-Ukraine leader and other former top officials for a year
    Mar05

    EU extends asset freeze on ex-Ukraine leader and other former top officials for a year

    The European Union has extended for a year an asset freeze on former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and others in his administration linked to the misuse of state funds. …read more Source: FOX...

    Polish PM Chastises Deputy for Warnings Over Ukraine
    Mar05

    Polish PM Chastises Deputy for Warnings Over Ukraine

    Poland’s prime minister has chastised her coalition partner for describing Ukraine’s economy as on the brink of disintegration and suggesting Poland could face a flow of hundreds of thousands of refugees across its frontiers. …read more Source:...

    Ukraine to Boost Armed Forces by a Third
    Mar05

    Ukraine to Boost Armed Forces by a Third

    Ukraine’s Parliament has voted in favour of increasing the size of Ukraine’s armed forces by a third as the country’s military continues to reinforce itself in the fight against pro-Russian separatists occupying the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. The bill, initially proposed by President Petro Poroshenko, was...

    Ukraine Coal Mine Disaster: Day Of Mourning Observed Across Country
    Mar05

    Ukraine Coal Mine Disaster: Day Of Mourning Observed Across Country

    Ukraine observed a day of mourning Thursday to pay respects to the 32 miners who died one day earlier in a gas explosion at Zasyadko mine in rebel-held Donetsk. A moment of silence was held at noon across the country, while the Ukrainian flag was flown at half-mast and all entertainment and leisure events were canceled, according to Ukrinform....

    Russia Denies US Claim of ‘Thousands’ of Troops in Ukraine
    Mar05

    Russia Denies US Claim of ‘Thousands’ of Troops in Ukraine

    Russian officials on Thursday dismissed a claim by the United States that Moscow has sent thousands of troops to fight alongside pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source:...

    Russian NGO Ousted From Gulag Prison Camp Museum
    Mar05

    Russian NGO Ousted From Gulag Prison Camp Museum

    MOSCOW— An independent Russian organization says it has been ousted from the Gulag prison camp museum that it has run from 1992. Viktor Shmyrov, director for the Perm-36 museum in central Russia, told The Associated Press Thursday that his organization had lost the property after losing a lawsuit against the regional Ministry of Culture, which...

    Russia Holds Large-Scale Military Exercises In Disputed Territories
    Mar05

    Russia Holds Large-Scale Military Exercises In Disputed Territories

    MOSCOW, March 5 (Reuters) – Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday that large-scale military exercises had started in southern Russia and in disputed territories on Russia’s borders. The exercises involve over 2,000 anti-aircraft troops and 500 items of weaponry and will last until April 10, Interfax news agency reported....

    Poland’s Lawmakers to Go Through Military Training
    Mar05

    Poland’s Lawmakers to Go Through Military Training

    Poland’s lawmakers to go through military training due to conflict in neighboring Ukraine …read more Source: ABC...